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Bernie Sanders on his plans to reform the media if elected president, including a moratorium on major mergers and giving staff the option to purchase outlets — Walter Cronkite once said that “journalism is what we need to make democracy work.” He was absolutely right …


Journalists should not claim it's unfair to publish their tweets, even if done in bad faith, as they are not qualitatively different from the average person — Many journalists are very indignant that Trump allies are reportedly combing through social media to identify embarrassing things …
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American Press Institute, Poynter, @moorehn, @levinejonathan, @broderick, @michaelroston, @brianstelter, @evepeyser, @dangillmor, @genepark, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
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NYT memo from Publisher A.G. Sulzberger: we'll respond to any legitimate problems appropriately and continue to cover the Trump administration like any other

Sources: pro-Trump operatives have collected dossiers of damaging old social media posts by journalists and are releasing them in response to critical coverage
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Netflix gives The Irishman a 27-day theatrical release window, its longest yet, starting November 1; major movie chains like AMC and Regal will not carry it — BREAKING: In its most ambitious ever theatrical rollout plan for one of its original productions, Netflix will give The Irishman …
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Variety, The Wrap, Business Insider, /Film, @theirishmanfilm, Hollywood Reporter, Esquire, The Week, The A.V. Club, UPI and The Playlist


The Al Franken allegations show that journalism is an inadequate substitute for conclusive proceedings, as we get to believe in whatever truth we like best — Investigative reporting started #MeToo. We're now asking it to do too much. — Journalism has been among the heroes of the #MeToo movement.
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Poynter, @amyargetsinger, @rjcc, @avitalrachel, @jayrosen_nyu, @janemayernyer, @nellsco, @kimmasters and @moiradonegan


Q&A with CBS CEO Joe Ianniello on the challenges ahead for ViacomCBS, including whether it will be big enough to compete with other conglomerates — When former CBS Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves was fired over sexual harassment allegations a year ago …
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@hcoster and @megjameslat


Source: The Athletic will start offering one podcast episode per week in front of the paywall, with some advertising; it is launching 40 new podcasts on Tuesday — The Athletic, a subscription-based digital sports media company, will begin experimenting with putting some of its audio content …


Former Time Inc. CEO Rich Battista has been named the new CEO of Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment — Rich Battista has been named the CEO of Imagine Entertainment, and will be joining the company immediately, based at its Beverly Hills headquarters.
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Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Broadcasting & Cable and TVWeek.com


Sources: The Atlantic, recently making a profit of ~$10M, is now losing money due to 2018 decision to hire ~100 new staff; paywall launch planned after Sept. 2 — The 162-year-old magazine to relaunch paywall after investment spree — Last year, the Atlantic put on hold its plans to launch …
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One Man & His Blog, @niemanlab, @raju, @delia_cai, @lainnafader, @mims and Politico


Questioning Trump's stability based on his pattern of daily lies, distortions, and contradictions is reportorial, not political, in nature — New York (CNN Business)More erratic, more often. — I spent the week talking with major media figures at networks and newspapers.
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@goroke_mi, @briankarem, @dloesch, The Atlantic, @brianstelter and The Daily Beast


Quillette says controversial writer Andy Ngo is leaving as an editor, hours after the Portland Mercury surfaces incriminating video of Ngo with far-right group — The writer and photog is out of a job after being caught in incriminating undercover footage with right-wing activists.
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Mediaite, Portland Mercury, @willsommer, @martincizmar, @lamthehighway, @kazweida and @igd_news


YouTube says it will not negotiate with the YouTubers Union, which has joined IG Metall, a German metalworkers union; Google Germany has offered to meet — Google Germany did, however, invite the union to its headquarters for a meeting — YouTube says that it won't do business with the YouTubers Union …


As streaming wars heat up, kids programming is serving as a way for streaming services to stand out, attract new subscribers, and then keep them — Why platforms are wooing the youngest viewers — When HBO partnered with the studio behind Sesame Street in 2015 to relocate Bert and Ernie …